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Barney McClure on Jazz Northwest This Weekend
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Seattle Jazz Scene
Barney McClure has been a boatbuilder, Mayor of Port Townsend, State Representative, Events Organizer and more, but it's as a jazz musician we know him best. Whether playing piano or organ, leading his own groups, or backing singers and touring artists, Barney McClure has been a prominent part of the Northwest jazz scene for many years. After an 11 year sojourn in Alaska, he’s back in the Seattle area and in one of his first major appearances since his return, ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: April 11, 2011
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Michael Ricci
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Kurt Elling The Gate (Concord Jazz) 239 239 0 0 57 1 9 2 3 3 Monty Alexander Uplift (JLP) 203 211 -8 0 50 2 4 3 5 5 Eric Reed The Dancing Monk (Savant) 185 187 -2 0 53 3 5 4 2 2 Various Artists Disney Jazz, Volume 1: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat (Disney Pearl Series) 173 231 -58 0 48 2 10 5 6 4 ...
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The Case Against Public Radio Funding...
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Digital Music News
If you want some good ol' liberal-bashing, go someplace else. Sure, I can jab at “All Things Considered" and all the overly-cerebral discourse, but I'm also listening to NPR, KCRW, and other stations like Classical KUSC all the time. The programming is just better on the 'far left' of the dial, so to speak—it's better researched, less schlocky, less repetitive, and more serious. But there's been a serious debate about whether the government should be paying for this—whether it be ...
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Create a Radio Show for Your Band with Spreaker
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We All Make Music
Everybody knows how important the medium of radio is to artists. Terrestrial radio is still one of the biggest drivers of record sales, digital radio platforms like Last.fm and Pandora are spreading like wildfire, and even Sirius/XM, which is finally profitable, makes a huge difference to the careers of artists everywhere. But what if your band could have its own radio show? What kind of effect would that have? Thanks to the recent launch of sites like Spreaker, creating a ...
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Impresario Fred Taylor Talks About His Life in Jazz with WGBH Host Steve Schwartz on Friday, April 15
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Boston's legendary jazz promoter, Fred Taylor, is going to be on the radio with jazz host Steve Schwartz this Friday, April 15, from 8:00 p.m. to Midnight on WGBH 89.7 FM. To listen to the show via Live Stream, click here. In June 2010, Taylor received a Heroes Award from the Jazz Journalists Association for his lifelong work in promoting jazz and other musical genres. To read a profile of Fred Taylor in the 2010 MassJazz Travel Guide, click here. ...
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"Chicago's Jazz Age Melting Pot" this week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
Recalling the heady atmosphere of the great musical “melting pot" in Jazz Age Chicago, with a script based on historical and biographical written accounts and recordings, Riverwalk Jazz this week welcomes two frequent guests from New Orleans—the Obie award-winning actor and singer Vernel Bagneris and renowned blues singer Topsy Chapman—plus pianist Shelly Berg. By the 1920s, jazz was on the move. In the wake of America's entry into WWI in 1917, the promise of well-paying manufacturing jobs and a better ...
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